I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence

Just be yourself and one day you will find someone who loves you for everything you are, flaws or no flaws.

You would never know if you could ever be, If you never try, you would never see.

The truth is limitless in its range, if you drop the T and look at it in reverse it could hurt.

Chief Keef scares me... not him specifically, but just the culture that he represents.

Making your moves, paying your dues, chasing the cool.

Takes a long time to happen so fast... To realize that your future is somebody else's past

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

My problem is I’m peaceful, and I believe in the people.

Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Personally, I like the social novel. I like writing that gets in and under the hood and looks about - at what's going on. But I don't say to any writer that that's absolutely what they should do.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

Historians tell the story of the past, novelists the story of the present.

There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.

Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

It's a privilege to pay taxes. Yeah! It's not a political question, folks. We have to pay for stuff.

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately.

In ten years [i.e., 1980] all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish.

He and I had a bridge that no one else traveled that made us artistic lovers, passionate without a touch of the flesh. He made me thrive, and valuing that, I could do nothing that would endanger it.